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A journal of contemporary poetry and poetics. Submissions open. ISSN 2818-4874

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Find samples of this fascinating work, Apoems, first published here:
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24.01.2026 22:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Many thanks to Version (9). An interview about what went into writing the apoems and how this works for future projects.

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Apoems-Michael Templeton Michael Templeton ApoemsDownload

Linguistics, subjectivity, and the ethics of the contemporary and digitally mechanized โ€˜everydayโ€™โ€” Q and A with prose poet mwtempleton.bsky.social around his latest work, Apoems.
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17.01.2026 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Version(9)Magazine Visit the post for more.

8 wonderful issues, 100s of poems by contemporary poets, Q and A interviews, and video poetry. Make 2026 the year to discover and submit to V(9) Magazine.
All very best wishes for 2026!
#poetry #poetrycom
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01.01.2026 19:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Q and A Sean Meggeson soma synthesisDownload

The practice of poetics and the involvements of publishingโ€”Q and A with poet @seangmeggeson.bsky.social around his latest work, soma synthesis
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&non2 by Sean G. Meggeson &non2 by Sean G. MeggesonDownload

&non2--New video poetry by @seangmeggeson.bsky.social
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Blues by Sean G. Meggeson Blues by Sean G. MeggesonDownload

A short, experimental video poem by @seangmeggeson.bsky.social
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Ten sonnets in volume 8 of Version9 magazine. @version9magazine.bsky.social
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17.12.2025 22:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025 Vol. 8 Autumn 2025Download

"So โ€” a determined indignation
Well โ€” a sheepish hesitation
Okay โ€” a resigned capitulation
Anyway โ€” an annoyed continuation"

Turns of phrase and the poetics of wordplay; discover the work of Lucien Levant in this our latest--
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07.12.2025 01:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025 Vol. 8 Autumn 2025Download

Once
John Heath-
Stubbs, Basil
Bunting, Michael
Hamburger, Peter
Levi, and Adrian
Henri used silly numbers
of syllables (...) a totally
superb, uninteresting,
successful, spurious,
useful, redundant,
diminishing
exercise
in the
end

by Mark Saunders
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23.11.2025 03:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025 Vol. 8 Autumn 2025Download

"What is
revealed is another painting that the critic has determined
will be more glorious than the Goddess we behold. Itโ€™s not."

Of Clement Greenberg, art critic extraordinaire.

Discover the work of Penn Kemp in this our latest.
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16.11.2025 01:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Parabolic Alterity by Vernon Frazer out now! We here at C22 are proud to bring to you Parabolic Alterity by Vernon Frazer, the latest in our Open Editions chapbook releases. In PARABOLIC ALTERITY Vernon Frazer creates a remarkable blend of teโ€ฆ

Parabolic Alterity by Vernon Frazer out now from C22 Open Editions @c22press.bsky.social ! A recontextualization of language into an altogether unfamiliar form. Read the book for free!

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Exciting project, & thrilled to have Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social as progenitor & reader w/ me on this project / @icefloepress.bsky.social

Remember to think of "Marginalia" in the broadest of textures: dislocation/ alienation (at the margins); the margins of the text, inlay in a book, etc.

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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025 E-Book Autumn 2025 Vol. 8 Autumn 2025Download

"That nothingness, peripheral, erring,
Hath, final jest, turned into everything."

Discover the wonderful sonneteering by Mark Wartenberg in this our latest.
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26.10.2025 14:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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October 19th, 2025 ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘ด๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”: โ€‹ Iโ€™ve long admired Joshua Martin not only for his work with C22...

My review of Joshua Martin's newest book, Mutations. @c22press.bsky.social

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"I donโ€™t get the sense that we so much descend into ourselves as stumble, headfirst, into ourselves and land broken-necked somewhere along the entrails of our own subconscious."

19.10.2025 20:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Laura Kerr : The Enduring Idea: Art and Poetry in the Age of Endless Circulation A growing strand of contemporary practice, both in art and in poetry, has undergone a fundamental transformation in how it exists ...

Good morning.

This is Part 1 of my Experimental Poetry Criticismโ€”
a prelude, a first movement.
Read it before Part 2 begins to unwrite it.

Ready or notโ€” I am.

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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025 E-Book Autumn 2025 Vol. 8 Autumn 2025Download

"Membranous ringlets drip, expelling flesh from legacy."

Discover the complex and musical work of @seankilpatrick.bsky.social
in this our latest.
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19.10.2025 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025 E-Book Autumn 2025 Vol. 8 Autumn 2025Download

โ€œThe sonnet is a script, a timeworn frameโ€

Poetic forms, AI and timely re-assessments all involve in the profound work of @ericracher.bsky.social
showcased in this our latest.
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13.10.2025 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Issue 8 of Version (9) Magazine is now live. Heartfelt thanks to all contributors, without whom its manifold display of poetry contemporary, avant-garde, and experimental could not occur.
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05.10.2025 02:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age A free digital chapbook featuring 44 poems of protest, resilience, and rising authoritarianism in the Trump eraโ€”published by The Chaos Section Poetry Project.

Hi, friends. If you read Record of Dissent and it resonated with you, weโ€™d be grateful if you took a minute to leave a review. Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Bookshop, wherever you like. It helps the book find its way to new readers. Thanks for the support. thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...

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Tuesday poem #646 : arien wolf : I can see my motherโ€™s outline but not her shape like the sharp point of her nose or the way her softness fades into angles ย  as she loses her mind to the tide pools of thick water pl...

Tuesday poem #646 : arien wolf : I can see my motherโ€™s outline but not her shape
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recently on periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics: recently at periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics : Laura Kerr : Unfixed Readings : Fugue, Fire, Fish ; Buck Downs : How to Be Alon...

recently on periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics: / @periodicities.bsky.social ;
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Thank you so much @wildtwin.bsky.social x:) There are tons of wonderful Nightjars available @nightjarpress.bsky.social: nightjarpress.weebly.com including @arthurmandal.bsky.social's excellent Old Tutor, New Tutor

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poetry against the infection Podcast Episode ยท The Line Break ยท 07/29/2025 ยท 1h 2m

NEW EPISODE

sorry for the hiatus. we didnโ€™t mean to. wanna read some poems?

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29.07.2025 13:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Skeleton Shivers by Joshua Martin out now! We here at C22 are proud to bring to you Skeleton Shivers by Joshua Martin, the latest in our Open Editions chapbook releases. A kaleidoscopic DaDa text. Spinning: KABOOM! Fragments of playful Bricโ€ฆ

Check out my chapbook skeleton shivers from C22 Open Editions @c22press.bsky.social . A kaleidoscopic DaDa text. Spinning: KABOOM! Fragments of playful Bric-a-Brac and Knick-Knacks. Curving: dynamic riddles without answers. Read for free/buy in print.

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Joshua Martin punctuated avalanchepunctuated avalanchepunctuated avalanchepunctuated avalanchepunctuated avalanchepunctuated avalanche $10 Purchase punctuated avalanche DIGITAL FINALDownload Poet Joshua Martinโ€™sโ€ฆ

My chapbook, punctuated avalanche, is now available from
@stonecorpse.com! Covering the skeleton with disjointed flesh and bone: a cubist painting, a DADA collage, a tuning fork, a chance meeting on a dissecting table. Download the FREE PDF or purchase a copy.

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reโ€ขmediate lit mag โ€” reโ€ขmediate submissions A Home for CPU-Assisted Writing

our new call for submissions, [machinewitness], opens today.

don't worryโ€” you've plenty of time ! (subs close Nov.1) but we'd love to see what you've got.

Check it out at remediatelitmag.xyz/submit! โ€” and then head over to finish reading Issueโ€ข3, [Next Realities], while you're there!

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We've been a little behind, but we're still reading for Issue 4! Hoping for a fall/winter release. Plenty of time to submit since we are always open for your wonderful poems!

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new from above/ground press: The Moleskin Coat, by Ellen Chang-Richardson The Moleskin Coat Ellen Chang-Richardson $6 06 โ€ข yyyy worth revisitingโ€”saline rolling across our tongues entwined and shimmering certain now...

new from above/ground press: The Moleskin Coat, by Ellen Chang-Richardson / @ehjchang.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social ;
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